page_title: Beitin
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Beitin / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Beitin as viewed from the road to Beit El
context_page_description: Beitin is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located 5 kilometers northeast of Ramallah along the Ramallah-Nablus road. The Palestinian towns of Dura al-Qar' and Ein Yabrud lie to the north, Rammun to the east, Deir Dibwan to the southeast and al-Bireh to the southwest. The Israeli settlement of Beit El is northwest of Beitin.
context_section_description: In 1997, Palestinian refugees accounted for exactly 30% of the population, which was 1,510 at the time.
  According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Beitin had a population of over 3,050 inhabitants in 2006. In 2007, a PCBS census recorded a  population of 2,143 (1,128 men and 1,015 women). There were 717 homes in the village and the average household size consisted of 4.9 family members.
caption: Roadside view of Beitin, 2011
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